Vanuatu

25 février 2025 — G/TFA/N/VUT/4  

The implementation of the VNSW has expanded the use of the ASYCUDA World risk management for Customs and technical control agencies by enabling selectivity criteria to be used to identify risk goods.

The technical control agencies, including Biosecurity Vanuatu, Environment, Ministry of Health and others, need to be included into a framework for an integrated approach to risk management. Vanuatu Bureau of Standards are not represented at the port and the Customs selectivity committee needs to include standards for risk-based approach for regulated goods.

The World Bank Group facilitated the Border Risk Management and Digital Information workshop in New Zealand, from 2-6 December 2019, where Pacific where Biosecurity and Customs representatives from five Pacific Island countries were provided briefings, demonstrations and initial training on Risk Compliance and developing a risk management and targeting regime.

The World Bank Group is assisting Vanuatu border agencies to analyse current capabilities to implement an effective integrated risk management system based on a common methodology and to develop overall agency risk management framework. This included promoting a regional approach to managing risk and initial regional planning was undertaken in Sydney in December 2022.

Areas of assistance required:

• Vanuatu requires assistance to develop risk management and risk reporting strategies for all regulatory border agencies and an effective risk-based targeting system based on a review and update of current risk management processes and procedures for risk goods and risk traders to optimise border outcomes and enhance data-informed risk-based decision making.
• Vanuatu requires assistance to deliver training of officials from all border agencies to enable them to participate in an integrated risk-based approach, which includes assistance with a TOR for a joint selectivity committee. This may include development of joint targeting approach for all border related profiling and vessel/packaging and commodity screening.